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Colin Purrington, a retired Swarthmore College biology professor at his home in Swarthmore, holds a tube with a tiny wasp that he found in a dried fig from Trader Joe's. (Alejandro A.

Biologist stirs up hornets’ nest with finding of bugs in figs

Colin Purrington, a retired Swarthmore College biology professor at his home in Swarthmore, holds a tube with a tiny wasp that he found in a dried fig from Trader Joe's. (Alejandro A.

February 14, 2023, 6:03am Life

When Colin Purrington looked at a sample of dried figs under a microscope recently, he answered a question that had been bugging him for years. Read story

HFS FILE - Wild blueberries are ready for harvesting July 27, 2012, in Warren, Maine. Maine's Republican senator is introducing legislation that calls on the federal government to step up research and prevention efforts about a pest that could jeopardize the state's most important fruit, the wild blueberry. (AP Photo/Robert F.

Maine blueberries vs. fly: U.S. senator files bill to help

HFS FILE - Wild blueberries are ready for harvesting July 27, 2012, in Warren, Maine. Maine's Republican senator is introducing legislation that calls on the federal government to step up research and prevention efforts about a pest that could jeopardize the state's most important fruit, the wild blueberry. (AP Photo/Robert F.

February 13, 2023, 9:49am Politics

The wild blueberry, Maine’s most important fruit, could get some help fighting off a pest under legislation proposed by the state’s Republican U.S. senator. Read story

An Arctic grayling is seen June 27, 2005, in Emerald Lake in Bozeman, Mont. The Biden administration proposed regulatory changes Feb. 8 to encourage voluntary conservation projects on private land, partly by shielding owners from punishment if the actions kill or harm small numbers of imperiled species.

Landowner help sought to protect endangered species

An Arctic grayling is seen June 27, 2005, in Emerald Lake in Bozeman, Mont. The Biden administration proposed regulatory changes Feb. 8 to encourage voluntary conservation projects on private land, partly by shielding owners from punishment if the actions kill or harm small numbers of imperiled species.

February 13, 2023, 6:03am Nation & World

The Biden administration called for regulatory changes Wednesday to encourage voluntary conservation projects on private land, partly by shielding owners from punishment if their actions kill or harm small numbers of imperiled species. Read story

This photo shows an Oldowan flake at the Nyayanga site in southwest Kenya in 2017. (T.W.

Stone Age discovery fuels whodunit mystery

This photo shows an Oldowan flake at the Nyayanga site in southwest Kenya in 2017. (T.W.

February 9, 2023, 4:01pm Nation & World

Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, but who used them is a mystery. Read story

Smoke billows from the Iskenderun Port as rescue workers work at the scene of a collapsed building on Tuesday in Iskenderun, Turkey. An earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of Monday, and was followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and were felt in nearby countries.

Mega-quakes in Turkey hold grim lesson for California

Smoke billows from the Iskenderun Port as rescue workers work at the scene of a collapsed building on Tuesday in Iskenderun, Turkey. An earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of Monday, and was followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and were felt in nearby countries.

February 9, 2023, 3:21pm Life

The mega-quakes in Turkey this week showcase how a magnitude 7.8 quake could trigger a magnitude 7.5 aftershock on a different fault, with 60 miles of distance between the epicenters. Read story

FILE - Chunks of ice break off the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Lake Argentina, at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, in Argentina's Patagonia region, March 10, 2016. As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds.

Study: 15 million people live under threat of glacial floods

FILE - Chunks of ice break off the Perito Moreno Glacier, in Lake Argentina, at Los Glaciares National Park, near El Calafate, in Argentina's Patagonia region, March 10, 2016. As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds.

February 7, 2023, 10:26am Nation & World

As glaciers melt and pour massive amounts of water into nearby lakes, 15 million people across the globe live under the threat of a sudden and deadly outburst flood, a new study finds. Read story

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Doctors in the gray Northwest say getting some Vitamin D is a good idea

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February 7, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Health

Remember how, in “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the answer to all things turned out to be the number 42? Read story

A priest during an embalming process in an underground chamber in Saqqara, Egypt.

Ancient workshop offers new clues

A priest during an embalming process in an underground chamber in Saqqara, Egypt.

February 7, 2023, 6:00am Life

For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it. Read story

The first issue of Lets Go! Aerospace magazine.

Spokane-published magazine launches to attract U.S. youth to aerospace careers

The first issue of Lets Go! Aerospace magazine.

February 6, 2023, 6:00am Business

As a kid, Dean Cameron built airplane models and hung them from the ceiling of his bedroom. Such images helped him dream about a future in aerospace. Read story

Are you still finding stink bugs this winter?

February 4, 2023, 6:00am Clark County Life

The brown marmorated stink bug is one pest that Washington residents can’t seem to shake from their homes this winter. Read story